Fordism
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Fordism is an industrial engineering and manufacturing system that serves as the basis of modern social and labor-economic systems that support industrialized, standardized mass production and mass co
Henry Ford, after whom Fordism is named
Ford cars (Model A shown) became a symbol of effective mass production. Efficiency both decreased the price of the cars and allowed Ford to increase his workers' wages. Hence, common workers could buy their own cars.
Information technology, white-collar work, and specialization are some of the attributes of post-Fordism.
Henry ford 1919
Ford Motor Company
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The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The comp
Fordism
…State's and company's roles in the day-to-day economic lifestyles and patterns of the workforce, their economic habits, and the regional impact. The Ford Motor Company was one of several hundred small automobile manufacturers that emerged between 1890 and 1910. After five years of producing automobiles, Ford introduced…
Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan
A 1910 Model T, introduced in 1908, photographed in Salt Lake City
Ford Model AA truck (based on the Model A) displayed in Kilgore, Texas